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Weaving Fact & Fiction with Tracey Enerson Wood, Roger Jones & Melissa Pritchard

Time: 1:45 – 2:30 PM

Location: The DeKalb County Stage in the Sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, Georgia 30030

The overlooked sister of the Wright brothers, the woman who transformed nursing and finding victory in a Dragon Boat alongside twenty cancer-ridden teammates. 

Hear how Roger Jones, Melissa Pritchard and Tracey Enerson Wood eloquently weave fact and fiction into unforgettable stories based on true events and unsung heroes. The panel discussion will be held on Saturday, October 5th at 1:45 PM on the DeKalb County Stage in the Sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Decatur. Following the panel, authors will proceed to signing tables to autograph books. 

Purchase your book from Eagle Eye Bookshop using this link, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the festival. 

About the Moderator

Lynn Cullen’s novels have been translated into seventeen languages and she has appeared on PBS American Masters. Her novel, Mrs. Poe, a national bestseller, was named an NPR 2013 Great Read, a Book of the Week by People Magazine, a Target Book Club Pick, an Indie Next List selection, an Oprah Book of the Week, and Best of 2013 by Atlanta Magazine. Her novel Twain’s End was a People Magazine Book of the Week, an Indie Next Pick, a Townsend Prize finalist, and was named a “Book All Georgians Should Read” by the Georgia Center for the Book. She received the Georgia Author of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 for The Sisters of Summit Avenue.  Her most recent novel, the international bestseller The Woman with the Cure, is about the women in the race to beat polio. She lives in Atlanta. When not visiting book clubs, playing with her three kittens and seven grandkids, or traveling with her husband, she is hard at work on her next book.